EDP, Flagship City District announce downtown summer events
Sunrise Yoga, Perry Square Summer Concerts, Movie Mondays, Pay-What-You-Can Farmers Market and more are making a comeback.
The partnership is also working with the Flagship City District to present Boutique Nights, a kickball league and more special events.
Organizers said they start booking talent for their live music months in advance.
Grow Erie hosts open house to show off years of work at Savocchio Park
'Part of this collaboration with the downtown partnership is to kind of zoom out and look at downtown erie as a whole and find these different pockets of opportunity to collaborate and enhance each other's events and activities,' said Ryan Hoover, experience director with the Erie Downtown Development Corporation.
'It's important to us to activate our public spaces in downtown with thoughtful and engaging events that really reflect the community here in downtown erie and throughout the city to create space in our public spaces for community to happen is central to our mission,' said Dave Damulonis, events and marketing manager for the Erie Downtown Partnership.
Their first summer event is Sunrise Yoga on June 4.
If you would like more details on these events, click here.
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